Eckard Wenzel

Eckard Wenzel (1888-1940) was a German Wehrmacht officer during World War II. He waas killed during the Canal Saint Martin party shootout.

Biography
Eckard Wenzel was born in Hamburg, German Empire in 1888, and he served in the Imperial German Army during World War I before rising in the ranks of the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht during the Interwar period. During World War II, he served in the invasion of France as an officer, and he took part in the occupation of Paris in 1940. During his stay in Paris, he purchased an expensive champagne bottle from black marketeer Juan Santos, and he decided to hold a party in the Canal Saint Martin district. However, Santos later told French Resistance fighter Sean Devlin that he could steal back the Champagne bottle in exchange for Santos' assistance to the rebels, and Devlin decided to forcefully steal the bottle. Devlin went in guns blazing, killing Wenzel and several other German soldiers before stealing the champagne bottle.